Abraham Benjamin Joubert

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About Abraham Benjamin Joubert

IMPORTANT NOTE - he was twice married to an "Anna Francina Roets" (the first one, b5c3d2, was killed at Blaauwkrantz; he married her cousin - the second one, b5c2d5, in Sep. 1838). He later married Susannah Maria de Jager.

Uit die Joubert-boek (2e uitgawe): 'Hy het aan die slag van Bloedrivier deelgeneem. Hy was die eerste landdros op Nazareth (Middelburg), Tvl. Hy was ook die afgevaardigde ouderling na die NG Kerk se sinode in Utrecht, Natal waar hulle toestemming gekry het om ’n nuwe gemeente in Middelburg te stig. Toe hulle nie ’n bouer kon kry nie, het hy self die bouwerk onderneem en die eerste grasdakkerk in Middelburg gebou, terwyl hy met sy werk as landdros voortgegaan het. Die kerkraad skenk aan hom ’n erf vir dienste gelewer. In 1875 koop hy nog twee erwe. Die huidige hofgebou is op die perseel gebou. Boer op Witkoppie by Spekboomrivier, Ohrigstad en later op Kafferspruit, Ermelo.'

d4 Jacobus Petrus = 23.4.1775 x Rachel Cornelia VAN JAARSVELD d.v. kmdt. Adriaan van Jaarsveld

e10 Abraham Benjamin * 16.4.1815 = Graaff-Reinet 23.4.1815 † Ermelo 17.9.1887 x Cradock 24.1.1836 Anna Francina ROETS (b5c3d3) xx Sep 1838 Anna Francina ROETS (b5c2d5) xxx Susanna Maria DE JAGER † Kafferspruit, Ermelo 21.3.1896 (84.-) wed. Fourie en d.v. Lodewyk de Jager en Engela Adriana van Niekerk

NOTE - he was twice married to Anna Francina Roets (the first one, b5c3d3, was killed at Blaauwkrantz; he married her cousin - the second one, b5c2d5, in Sep. 1838).

f1 Jacobus Petrus x Anna Susanna Johanna van Niekerk

f2 Johannes Nicolaas Rudolph x Elizabeth Daniellina Maria Gouws

Lede van die Wenkommando wat deelgeneem het aan 
die Slag van Bloedrivier, 16 Desember 1838:

Joubert, Abraham B.


He took part in the battle of Blood River. He was the first Magistrate of Nazareth (Middleburg TVL). He was also a delegated elder to the NG Church's synod in Utrecht, Natal where they got permission to establish a new congregation in Middleburg. When they could not find a builder, he undertook the building work himself and built the first thatched church in Middleburg, while continuing his work as magistrate. The church council donates him a plot of land for services rendered. In 1875 he bought two more plots. The current courthouse was built on the site. Farmer on SWitkoppie by Spekboom River, Ohrigstad and later on Kafferspruit, Ermelo.

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Abraham Benjamin Joubert's Timeline

1815
April 16, 1815
Graaff-Reinet, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
April 23, 1815
Graaff-Reinet, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1836
1836
1836
1837
1837
Pietermaritzburg, Indlovu DC, KZN, South Africa
1837
1837